Where the River Divides

Full Moon — Five — Dipperpaw, one of GroveClan's apprentices, pounces on Shiverpaw, an EskerClan apprentice. One of the EskerClan warriors, Koibreeze, gets between the two. Not soon after, Dipperpaw, Pollenbreeze, and Swiftkit are escorted back to their clan. (6-22) — After burying Riverflower, Stormbreeze, the GroveClan deputy, tells their medicine cat, Lilydawn, about Ebonystar stepping down from his rank as leader. (6-22) — Leafpath, a GroveClan queen, gives birth to four kits, Brindlekit, Cloverkit, Mousekit, and Reedkit. (6-22) — Lilydawn brings herbs to Honeyheart, the EskerClan medicine cat, at the abandoned barn. (6-22) — Whitethistle, a GroveClan queen, leaves her clan with her three kits, hoping to join EskerClan. She meets Rosestar, their leader, on the way and he agrees to let them stay. (6-23) — Stormbreeze announces to the clan that Ebonystar is stepping down as leader, making him Ebonymask, a warrior of GroveClan, once more. Stormbreeze asks Goldenwish if she would be their new deputy and she accepts. He leaves with Lilydawn to receive his nine lives, but they are greeted with a thick fog instead of any StarClan cats. (6-23) — Twolegs scout the abandoned barn and the farmhouse. Because of the dangers they posed to the clan, Rosestar announces that EskerClan will be leaving the barn. (6-24) — While she is sleeping, Honeyheart visits StarClan and is greeted by a StarClan cat. She informs Honeyheart that help is coming to the clans and that things will get better. (6-24) — Rosestar leads EskerClan away from the barn, moving to the part of their territory that was untouched by the fire which was near where they buried Mintnose. (6-25) — Stormstar calls a clan meeting. The GroveClan apprentices, Dipperpaw, Iciclepaw, and Smokepaw, get their warrior names, Dipperwing, Iciclefeather, and Smokewhirl. Stormstar makes himself Sweetpaw's new mentor. (6-25) — Ebonymask approaches Stormstar after the meeting, telling him that he plans to leave GroveClan. Stormstar convinces him to stay for awhile at least. (6-25) — Stormstar leads GroveClan away from the Willow Shore, taking them towards the unclaimed territories near their own territory. (6-27) — Pepper, a rogue, sees the EskerClan warrior, Pearbelly, walking in the unclaimed territories. She attacks him and kills him. (6-30) — Rosestar leads a patrol to start repairing EskerClan's camp. (7-1) — Cloudtuft, a GroveClan warrior, finds Pearbelly's body. She runs away and finds a patrol lead by Goldenwish. They go to tell Stormstar and they prepare to tell EskerClan about their warrior. (7-3) — Milkdew, a GroveClan warrior, and Figleaf, an EskerClan warrior, both caught whitecough. Without the herbs to treat them after the fire, they both pass. Luckily, the infection didn't spread to anybody else. (7-4) — Redfoot, an EskerClan warrior, tackles his clanmate Liongaze after a disagreement. Rosestar separates the two and talks to them both to find out what had happened. (7-4) — Stormstar goes with Cloudtuft to the abandoned barn in search of EskerClan. They run into the barn cats, who tell them that EskerClan had already left. (7-5) — Rosestar calls a clan meeting. The EskerClan kit, Lynxkit, is apprenticed to Honeyheart, making him the medicine cat apprentice of the clan. An EskerClan apprentice, Icepaw, receives his warrior name, Icethistle. (7-5) — Stormstar finds EskerClan in their territory and goes to speak with Rosestar. He informs him of the body they had found and how it had likely been a rogue who had killed him. (7-5)

We'd like to invite you to join us at Where the River Divides and take a look at our newest group: The Guided Current. To somewhat explain them to you, I'll provide the history and who the council is!If you want to read more about them, you'll have to come visit us! -- It started a very long time ago; longer than any living cat can fathom, or so they say. While most consider this a kit's tale, it is nothing but truth to those of this group. Long ago, when all was in chaos and cats fought cats for food and territory, four great Elders came and brought peace. Each of them were wise, and each of them was the master of a particular skill. They brought with them religion and gave purpose to every cat that followed them. It hadn't been long before near every cat was following in their path and trusted them to lead. All was fair, and the four leaders ruled equally over what became their four factions; prophecy, hunting, battle, and medicine. These Elders led for a long time, and each took under their wing but a single apprentice to lead after their demise. When those apprentices took over, and began to train their own, rumors spiraled around that four kits, each belonging to different factions, and ones who showed extreme promise, were The Elders Incarnate, born again as apprentices of their trade. Just as the previous elders, these ones passed and The Apprentices took their place. From then on, rumor was considered gospel and it was all but the truth that both The Elder and The Apprentice would be born again, switching places, in a cycle of life to lead this group on through countless generations. ------ The Elder of Prophecy receives and interprets messages or omens from their ancestors, called The Spirits. They are usually the most respected, but have as much power as the others. They run their own faction and teach the very few others they think are fit. They are the cat most turn to for emotional support and guidance during hard times. Additionally, they are in charge of pairing up cats to be mates. The Elder of Hunting is in charge of hunting and supplying the rest of this group with food. This elder teaches others in their faction the best ways to hunt and is commonly very skilled at the task themselves. They have the power over where hunting parties go, where food gets distributed first, and keeping track of the common movement and behaviors of their prey, etc. The Elder of Battle is very much like a general. They are the head of any war or battle and is the main strategist. They are also in charge of teaching those given to their faction how to defend their land against all kinds of creatures. The Elder of Medicine is in charge of health and healing. They are an all knowing guide on herbs and healing, and are in charge of collecting and prepping their medical stocks.

Full Moon — Four — Whitethistle, a GroveClan queen, gave birth to three kits, Frostkit, Owlkit, and Sootkit. (6-8) — Lilydawn, the GroveClan med cat, goes to the barn to search for more herbs. She runs into Feather, a loner, who offers to get her more. Lilydawn accepts the offer. (6-10) — Rosestar of Eskerclan takes a patrol to EskerClan's camp to check the damage done by the fire. They find that the camp is destroyed. (6-10) — Stormbreeze, Groveclan's deputy, leads a search party to their territory, hoping to find their missing clanmates. They find Goldenwish, a GroveClan warrior, and an injured GroveClan apprentice, Sweetpaw, who was hit by a falling branch. Both were brought back to the Willow Shore for treatment. They also find Aspenwhisper but, for the GroveClan warrior, they had arrived too late. (6-10) — Raggedfoot, of Groveclan refused to be treated until his clanmates had. Because of this, he soon dies from his wounds. (6-12) — Mintnose, an EskerClan elder, faints again. They get Lilydawn to help her but she says she cannot treat her. Mintnose soon dies of her mysterious illness. (6-15) — Kestrelnose, an Eskerclan elder, gets stranded on a log in the lake. Liongaze and Cherrydawn, two Eskerclan warriors, swim out to save him. Cherrydawn struggles but is saved too. After making it to land, she recovers with Lilydawn's help. Kestrelnose has trouble breathing, but Lilydawn manages to help him as well and he seems to get better. (6-16) — The GroveClan search party finds their medicine cat, Riverflower's, body in their territory. They bring it back to the Willow Shore to be buried. (6-17) — Rosestar announces they are leaving and leads his clan to the edge of their territory to bury Mintnose. Rosestar then leads them to where they will be staying, the abandoned barn. When they arrive, they are greeted by the loners that live there. Rosestar tells Feather that they'll be staying for awhile. (6-19) — Rosestar calls the clan for a meeting to announce that, after the death of their mentors in the fire, both Needlepaw and Shiverpaw would be getting new mentors. He gives Goldensun to Needlepaw and Doeleap to Shiverpaw. Rosestar then announces that Robinsong had stepped down as deputy. He asks if Seednose would be deputy and she accepts. (6-20) — Upon hearing Rosestar's new choice of deputy, Ravenstrike, of Eskerclan, is outraged. She makes many outlandish accusations about her clanmates and her leader. Kestrelnose attacks Ravenstrike but the two are quickly separated. Ravenstrike whispers that she had been the one to murder Nettlewhisker and Oakpaw as they are pulled away. Koibreeze slashes at Ravenstrike and she responds by attacking. With the help of Koibreeze, Rosestar drives her out of the barn. Ravenstrike runs away, but is pursued by Koibreeze, Rosestar, and Seednose. Despite this, she manages to get away. Rosestar tells Seednose to increase watch around the barn and he sends Koibreeze to warn GroveClan about Ravenstrike. (6-20) — Honeyheart treats the warriors who were injured with the help of Lynxkit. While being treated, Kestrelnose tells Honeyheart how Ravenstrike had confessed to the murder of Nettlewhisker and Oakpaw. (6-20) — Swiftkit of Groveclan had wandered off to collect flowers for Riverflower. When Ravenstrike spots him, she approaches, pouncing on the frightened kit. She hurts his eyes and paw. Swiftkit tries to get away, but he can't see. He falls straight into the river. Ravenstrike then runs off to the silent meadow. (6-20) — Smokepaw of Groveclan went off to go hunting. However, she finds the scent trail of Ravenstrike and decides to follow it, having not noticed Swiftkit. (6-20) — Pollenbreeze, looking for Swiftkit, was directed by Stormbreeze towards the unclaimed territories. Accompanied by Dipperpaw, the two follow the kit's scent until they reach the stream. Seeing the kit, both cats leap into the river to to save him. Pollenbreeze manages to grab the kit. Koibreeze, on his way to Groveclan, runs into the trio and pulls Pollenbreeze from the water. Rosestar, who had been following Koibreeze, directs them to the barn and goes to warn GroveClan. (6-20) — Rosestar finds Stormbreeze at the Willow Shore. He informs him of Ravenstrike and tells him about the kit being treated at the barn. Stormbreeze notices that Smokepaw was missing and arranges a patrol consisting of himself, Milkdew, and Stagfire. (6-20) — Dipperpaw, Koibreeze, Pollenbreeze, and Swiftkit arrive at the barn. They go straight to Honeyheart to get Swiftkit help. Honeyheart manages to save the kit. (6-20) — Smokepaw had followed the scent trail directly to Ravenstrike. She offers to help, noticing how injured the molly is. Ravenstrike claims that the clan murdered her sister and banished her. She then asks Smokepaw to bring her a kit. Smokepaw refuses and tries to run, but Ravenstrike chases and pounces on them. Soon, Stormbreeze and the patrol arrive, saving Smokepaw. Ravenstrike is killed. (6-20)

Full Moon — Three — The clans attend the gathering. The leaders share their news. (5-19) — Pepper, a rogue, kills Aster. She leaves the body at EskerClan's border. (5-21) — An EskerClan patrol finds Aster's body at the border and buries it. (5-25) — The medicine cats attend the half moon meeting at the Ring of Stars. (6-3) — The medicine cats receive no dreams and are abruptly woken up by the rumbling of thunder. (6-3) — Lightning strikes in three different places, the Ring of Stars, narrowly missing the medicine cats gathered there, the fallen tree in EskerClan's camp, and the forest hollow in GroveClan's territory. A fire erupts, spreading through both clan camps. (6-3) — Rosestar, EskerClan's leader, loses a life after getting struck by the lightning that hit his den. (6-3) — The cats from both clans evacuate their camps. Some of EskerClan meets at the Willow Shore, while many others from both clans flee to the unclaimed territories. (6-3) — Thornthroat, a GroveClan warrior, stayed behind to make sure his clanmates got out of camp. He got trapped by the flames himself and died from his burns and smoke inhalation. (6-3) — Jaysong, an EskerClan queen, gets trapped in a den by the flames while checking for others. A branch burns and falls, crushing her beneath it. (6-3) — Riverflower, the GroveClan medicine cat, gets trapped in the fire in the territory. She is unable to escape and dies. (6-3) — Honeyheart, the EskerClan medicine cat, meets some of her clanmates in the unclaimed territories after returning from the Ring of Stars. (6-3) — Lilydawn, the GroveClan medicine cat, meets with her clanmates along the edge of GroveClan's terrritory after returning from the Ring of Stars and follows them to the Willow Shore. (6-3) — Longstem, an EskerClan warrior, got trapped under a branch. He escaped, but received severe wounds in the process. With nothing to effectively stop his bleeding, the warrior died from his wounds. (6-3) — After regrouping, Honeyheart and Birdmist, an EskerClan warrior, lead the group of cats in the unclaimed territories to the Willow Shore, meeting up with the cats that had already gathered there. (6-3) — Honeyheart is unable to treat Violetheart, an EskerClan elder, without the herbs that had been destroyed in the fire. The elder had inhaled too much smoke while escaping and progressively got worse as the group traveled to the Willow Shore. She soon died from smoke inhalation surrounded by her clanmates. (6-3) — Ravenstrike, an EskerClan warrior, leads her sister, Nettlewhisker, to the silent meadow instead of following their clanmates. She attacks her sister and kills her. (6-3) — Oakpaw, an EskerClan apprentice, goes searching for Ravenstrike and her sister, not wanting to leave them behind. She finds them in the silent meadow. Ravenstrike attacks her and kills her as well. (6-3) — Ravenstrike arrives at the Willow Shore. She claims that rogues had killed Nettlewhisker and Oakpaw. (6-3) — Cedarheart, an EskerClan warrior, made it to the Willow Shore, but the warrior was overheating and progressively got worse. He soon died because there wasn't any way to treat him. (6-3) — Pinenettle, a GroveClan warrior, was unable to escape the camp and died from inhaling too much smoke and the burns she acquired while trapped. (6-3) — Featherstorm, a GroveClan warrior, tries to escape the fire by climbing a tree. He falls from the tree and dies. (6-3) — Blossompool, a GroveClan warrior, was unable to escape the camp and was crushed under a falling branch. (6-3) — With no way to treat her, Hemlockstarling, a GroveClan warrior, died from smoke inhalation. (6-3) — Rosestar collapses while talking to Honeyheart, losing another life from smoke inhalation. (6-3) — Bluesky, an EskerClan warrior, died from smoke inhalation and burns after getting trapped in the camp. (6-3) — With no way to treat him, Larkfoot, an EskerClan warrior, died from smoke inhalation. (6-3) — Pepperspots, an EskerClan warrior, was trying to make it to the Willow Shore to meet her clanmates. However, a burning branch fell from the trees, crushing her beneath it. (6-3) — Crowstep, a GroveClan warrior, received significant burning across her body trying to escape the fire. Her wounds soon got infected and without the herbs to treat the infection, she quickly got worse as soon died. (6-4) — Weaselriver, a GroveClan warrior, inhaled too much smoke during the fire. His breathing progressively got worse as time passed and it wasn't long before the warrior died. (6-5) — Feather, a loner, arrives at the Willow Shore with herbs, accompanied by Adderrush, an EskerClan warrior, and Eggbelly, a GroveClan warrior. The clans are not welcoming and she is turned away. (6-4) — With the stress of the fire, Honeyheart comes down with a fever. (6-7)

— Beepaw, an EskerClan apprentice, is confined to camp with no training because he scratched Lotuspaw. (5-5) — Beepaw stole poppy seeds from Honeyheart's den while she was out. He took too many and collapsed later on. Honeyheart tried giving him yarrow, but the apprentice remained unconscious. (5-7) — Macavity, a loner, was found on EskerClan territory. He was chased away by Greystorm. (5-11) — A group of EskerClan cats found Pepper, a rogue, on their territory and chased her away. (5-12) — Rosestar made two new apprentices. Cinderpaw, mentored by Birdmist, and Oakpaw, mentored by Goldensun. (5-12) – Rosestar announced that they would claim the small gravel island for EskerClan. (5-12) — The medicine cats attended the half moon gathering at the Ring of Stars. (5-13) — Soon after the medicine cats left for their meeting, Beepaw shows significant signs of improvement by waking up for a short period. (5-13) — Skykit, a GroveClan kit, got into the medicine cat den and ate yarrow. (5-14) — A GroveClan patrol ran into three fox cubs. The patrol manages to successfully chase them away with minor injuries. (5-17)